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CVE-2026-31642

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CVSS
5.5 Medium
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.12%
Risk score
1.3
Published
2026-04-24
Status
Published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix call removal to use RCU safe deletion Fix rxrpc call removal from the rxnet->calls list to use list_del_rcu() rather than list_del_init() to prevent stuffing up reading /proc/net/rxrpc/calls from potentially getting into an infinite loop. This, however, means that list_empty() no longer works on an entry that's been deleted from the list, making it harder to detect prior deletion. Fix this by: Firstly, make rxrpc_destroy_all_calls() only dump the first ten calls that are unexpectedly still on the list. Limiting the number of steps means there's no need to call cond_resched() or to remove calls from the list here, thereby eliminating the need for rxrpc_put_call() to check for that. rxrpc_put_call() can then be fixed to unconditionally delete the call from the list as it is the only place that the deletion occurs. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's rxrpc module. This vulnerability occurs due to incorrect handling of call removal, specifically using list_del_init() instead of list_del_rcu(). A local user reading the /proc/net/rxrpc/calls file could potentially trigger an infinite loop, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

Weaknesses

CWE-821

Coverage 5

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